Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art · other

Bodkin

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Accession: 13.1042.1
Find spot: Tomb D303, Abydos, Egypt, Egypt
Period: Middle Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 12 to early Dynasty 13
Date: ca. 1938–1700 B.C.E.
Date range: 1938 BCE – 1700 BCE
Materials: ['Ivory']
Height: 0.5 cm
Width: 10.3 cm
Repository: Brooklyn Museum
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Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art, Bodkin (13.1042.1). Egyptian Inscriptions Database. https://egyptianinscriptions.org/object/32617

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Object Label: Ancient Egyptian craftsmen used bodkins to punch holes in fabric or leather, to facilitate stitching. Caption: Bodkin, ca. 1938–1700 B.C.E.. Ivory, 3/16 x 4 1/16 in. (0.5 x 10.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Egypt Exploration Fund, 13.1042.1.

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BKM-Accession 13.1042.1 tier-2
BKM-Object 3101 tier-2

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